EXCLAMATION in a Sentence

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Mr. Pontellier, unable to read his newspaper with any degree of comfort, arose with an expression and an exclamation of disgust.

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 Meanings and Examples of EXCLAMATION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
exclamation
 n.  an abrupt excited utterance
 n.  a loud complaint or protest or reproach
Classic Sentence: (125 in 9 pages)
1  None was in sight, but as she reached the sidewalk she ran against a small glossy-looking man with a gardenia in his coat, who raised his hat with a surprised exclamation.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 1
2  Mrs. Trenor sat up with an exclamation.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
3  He made no answer to this exclamation, and for a while they sat silent, while something throbbed between them in the wide quiet of the air.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
4  Nettie Struther, with a startled exclamation, sat down and slipped a shabbily-clad arm behind her back.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 13
5  But at this critical instant a sudden exclamation was heard that took every eye from the whale.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 47. The Mat-Maker.
6  I strained my ears and eyes to catch every exclamation.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: III
7  Mr. Pontellier, unable to read his newspaper with any degree of comfort, arose with an expression and an exclamation of disgust.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In I
8  The newcomer went to the bunks and inspected the blankets; he lifted up the mattress, and then dropped it with an exclamation.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
9  Then they escorted her to the ladder, and Jurgis heard her give an exclamation of dismay.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
10  And then, seeing Jurgis, she stopped with an exclamation.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
11  No exclamation of surprise escaped the father, nor was any question asked, or reply given, for several minutes; each appearing to await the moment when he might speak, without betraying womanish curiosity or childish impatience.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
12  From this unsatisfactory examination, however, he was soon called by a loud and piercing exclamation from Uncas, that sounded, even to the unpracticed ears of Duncan, as the signal of some new and unexpected calamity.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
13  The Mohicans had suspended their operations about the glimmering fire to listen; and, when Duncan had done, they looked at each other significantly, the father uttering the never-failing exclamation of surprise.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
14  The young man was relieved from the awkwardness of making any further protestations of his own demerits, by an exclamation from Chingachgook, and the attitude of riveted attention assumed by his son.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
15  He made the exclamation which usually accompanies the former emotion in an Indian, and, calling in a low voice, soon drew a companion to his side.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
Example Sentence:
1  I wish the exclamation mark had not been painted out, it would have made the slogan more forceful.
2  These words were followed by a very long silence, broken only by an occasional exclamation of "Hjckrrh!" from the Gryphon, and the constant heavy sobbing of the Mock Turtle.